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hugovk

opened on Jul 6, 2023

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Feature or enhancement

Allow the count argument of str.replace to be a keyword to better describe its use.

Pitch

str.replace takes old and new strings as parameters, and an optional count parameter:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.replace

However, count cannot be a keyword argument:

>>> "aaa".replace("a", "b", 2)
'bba'
>>> "aaa".replace("a", "b", count=2)
TypeError: str.replace() takes no keyword arguments

It would be more explicit if the count parameter could also be a keyword, so there's no doubt about its meaning.

Previous discussion

Suggested by @treyhunner at https://mastodon.social/@treyhunner/110664375381530126

Linked PRs

• gh-106487: Allow the 'count' argument of str.replace to be a keyword #106488

Reacted by Alex Waygood, Trey Hunner, Jürgen Gmach, Tushar Sadhwani, Will., Charlie Zhao, sunmy2019, Kevin Bowen, Raymond Hettinger, Degubi and 5 more

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1. hugovk

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   3.13only security fixesonly security fixes

   on Jul 6, 2023
2. hugovk

   changed the title [-]Allow `str.replace`'s `count` to be a keyword argument[/-] [+]Allow `str.replace`'s 'count' to be a keyword argument[/+] on Jul 6, 2023
3. hugovk

   added a commit that references this issue on Jul 10, 2023

   gh-106487: Allow the 'count' argument of `str.replace` to be a keyword (

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4. hugovk commented on Jul 10, 2023

   

   hugovk

   on Jul 10, 2023

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   Implemented in PR #106488 for Python 3.13, due October 2024.

   https://devguide.python.org/versions/

   Reacted by Doug Mellon
5. hugovk

   closed this as completedon Jul 10, 2023

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